February 21, 2010

BRYANT WOMEN'S TENNIS FALLS TO ARMY 7-0

The Bryant University women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at Army on Sunday morning as the Cadets swept through doubles to open the match and came away with straight-set wins in singles play.

Transfer Claudia Hidalgo dropped her first match after three wins at No. 1 singles since joining the program from SMU as she would fall to Army's Patricia Vollmer, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.  Morganne Downing fell to Jurelle Mendoza 6-3, 6-2 while Valeria Couto Cuervo dropped a 7-5, 6-2 decision to Maria Casaletto at No. 3.

Army - 7, Bryant - 0

@ West Point, NY

Doubles

1.       Erin Colton/Jurelle Mendoza (A) def. Claudia Hidalgo/Valeria Couto Cuervo (B), 8-2

2.       Patricia Vollmer/Larraine Saavedra (A) def. Chelsea Downing/Irma Rodriguez Lockwood (B), 8-4

3.       Maria Casaletto/Kari Pope (A) def. Katharine Francazio/Dana Tausek (B), 8-4

Singles

1.       Patricia Vollmer (A) def. Claudia Hidalgo (B), 6-1, 6-3

2.       Jurelle Mendoza (A) def. Morganne Downing (B), 6-3, 6-2

3.       Maria Casaletto (A) def. Valeria Couto Cuervo (B), 7-5, 6-2

4.       Larraine Saavedra (A) def. Katie Francazio (B), 6-0, 6-0

5.       Kari Pope (A) def. Irma Rodriguez Lockwood (B), 6-0, 6-2

6.       Morgen Kiser (A) def. Dana Tausek (B), 6-2, 6-4